One randy couple even snuck off the highly-guarded site on ­the Ardnamurchan peninsula in the West Highlands, and checked into a hotel for sex.

Another pair evaded the show’s security to dine with their parents in a nearby pub.

And yet another contestant smuggled a mobile phone back into the camp, before it was snatched by angry show chiefs.

At the start of the social experiment to form a community with no contact with the outside world there were 23 people — by the end only ten were left.

A source said: “The experiment started off as a chance to ‘build a new paradise’ but things quickly went wrong. By the end, bosses were fed up with the pathetic contestants who threw wobblies and tried to leave as often as they could.”

The show was launched amid a huge fanfare last year, but the breakdown in the community was so bad that only four episodes were ever aired.

Peter Capaldi is replaced by Jodie Whittaker for the next series of Doctor Who

Jodie, above, said: “I played it really cool and cried.

“I’m about to play an alien – a Time Lord – and that as a girl, who knew? That’s incredible and it’s really emotional because of that.”

The announcement has left die-hard fans somewhat disgruntled, but Jodie says she hasn’t noticed any negative comments.

She said: “I’ve missed a lot of the fun stuff and probably the bad stuff because I’m not on any type of social media and never will be . . .

“I need to go on Twitter, search and see if anyone has tweeted about me.”

Better brace yourself, Jodie.

bizbit

IN tomorrow’s Loose Women special, Loose Lives With . . . , JANET STREET-PORTER will appear as a guest rather than a panellist, chatting to fellow hosts KATIE PRICE, LINDA ROBSON and ANDREA McLEAN about her life.

Tom Bateman plays Rawdon Crawley in the Vanity Fair adaptation of Pride and Prejudice airing next month on ITV

“I hope I do justice to Austen’s dark intelligence – sparkling, yes, but sparkling like granite.”
Show bosses hope the series will follow in the footsteps of its Vanity Fair adaption, which starts filming for ITV next month and stars OLIVIA COOKE as Becky Sharp and TOM BATEMAN as Rawdon Crawley.

Also in the making is a major series based on Malorie Blackman’s hit book Noughts and Crosses as well as the fourth series of Poldark.

Maybe AIDAN TURNER can swap scything for the role of Mr Darcy.

Must watch

WHAT: Get A House For Free, Channel 4, 9pm

WHY? Property mogul Marco Robinson is looking to give away a £120,000 three-bedroom flat in Preston. Cameras follow him as he searches for the right beneficiary.

Linda lets rip

The moment viewers have been waiting for when Linda confront Whitney about her affair with her husband

THIS is the explosive moment Linda Carter finally confronts her daughter-in-law over her affair with husband Mick.

The long-awaited stand-off between the trio happens during tonight’s special episode of EastEnders after Mick admits the truth to a stunned Linda about his ill-advised snog with Whitney while she was away.

But she misreads the situation and goes in for a kiss – unaware Sarah is nearby watching them like a hawk.

In NEIGHBOURS Mark is supporting Steph through her mental health problems and encourages her to open up to Jack. She believes it’s the right thing to do while they are still seeing each other, but worries if he’ll be strong enough to handle it.